THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 



By J. AV. TUTT. 



Vols. I and II. 



Demy 8vo., strongly bound in Cloth. 



Vol. I conf^isting of 560 pp. Vol. II of 584 pp. 



Price £i each Volume (net). 



Thif? is undoubtedly the most thorougli and comprehensive work ever published on 

 the British Lepidoptera, and will undoubtedly be the standard work on the subject for 

 many years, and a book of reference tor all students and collectors. ISIo class of entomolo- 

 gists — synonymists, systematists, biologists, phenologists, students of variation, of geo- 

 graphical distribution, of gynandromorphism, etc. — can possibly do without it, and the 

 extended lists of named forms (which give an enhanced value to the aberrations and 

 local races in collections), the complete lists of food-plants, British localities, and dates of 

 appearance will be an endless source of time-saving labour to the lepidopterist who collects 

 and breeds his own insects. 



Ijord Walsingham {Eiif. Mo. 2Ia<i., July, 1899) says — "The work is something more than its title 

 would lead iis to expect, iind if other volumes should succeed it, compiled on the same lines and with 

 equal elaboration and attention to detail, we may expect a fund of information, for collectors as well 

 as students, such as has never Ijei'ore been brought together in so accessible and convenient a form." 



The Annals uf Scottisli Natural Historij, July, 1899, says — "The author shows himself to be, at least, 

 a master in the arts of compilation and condensation. Upon all the subjects treated we find a great 

 mass of information, collected from every conceivable source, and presented in such a concise manner 

 as to save the student a vast amount of time and trouble in searching for any particular fact. . . . 

 There cannot be much omitted from this important v/ork for the future investigator to turn his attention 

 to, so fully does the author enter into his subject." 



Professor Fernald.(CV(narfia)i Entomologist, June, 1899) writes — " The first volume on the British 

 Lepidoptera is a model and gives promise that when the entire work is completed little will be left to 

 be desired." 



Mr. Merrifield {Entomoloriixt, April, 1899) states that " In comprehensiveness and fulness of detail, 

 on all x^oints of interest to the biologist, the systematist, and the collector, this volume is, as regards 

 the particular subjects treated, without a rival." 



Dr. T. A. Chapman {Entomologist, March, 1899) says — " The present work covers a quite unoccupied 

 field. . . . There can be no doubt the work marks an important step forward in the treatment of 

 British Lepidoptera, recognising more fully than any xirevious treatise, that a complete study of all the 

 stages of insects not only structurally but physiologically, in their habits, changes, variations, distribu- 

 tions, &o., is now essential to further progress. The work is produced in a very satisfactory form, and 

 I have no doubt that its merits will secure it a reception that will induce the author to proceed with 

 the remaining volumes." 



De.\r Sir, — 



Please forward to me llie Natural History of the British Lepidoptera, for 

 Vols. I and II of which I forward the sum of 40s. 



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Please forward to me Vol. II of The Natural History of the British Lepi- 

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Address . 

 Mr. H. E. P.4GE, Gellatly Eoad, Hatcham, S.E. 



